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Thirty-six criminals, including 10 doctors and three lawyers, were arrested on Wednesday morning for their alleged involvement in a $279 million auto insurance ring, reports the FBI.

The ring is being cited as one of the largest ever, involving a loss of nearly $113 million, the FBI says.

The scammers have allegedly used New York's no-fault auto law—which helps auto accident victims to claim benefits up to $50,000—to set up fake medical clinics in Brooklyn and the Bronx since 2007.

"Lower-level" members of the ring referred accident victims to the clinics for $2,000 to $3,000 a pop, says Janice Fedarcyk, assistant director of the FBI's New York Field Office, and then were allegedly charged for unnecessary treatments. Fedarcyk says the ring made most of its profit by claiming false injuries.